Biata Beatrice Toronczak, 32, was reported missing in February 1996 after moving from Poland to live with her former partner, Ramon Jay Rogers, in his San Diego apartment. The couple shared a five-year-old son. Shortly after her arrival Toronczak vanished; Rogers reportedly showed little concern, gave conflicting accounts to friends and to Toronczak’s mother, and refused to file a missing person report.

A third party filed a missing person report on March 6, 1996, at the mother’s request. The mother told police Rogers had once threatened to lock Toronczak in the apartment complex basement, prompting a warrantless search of the storage area under Rogers’ unit. Investigators found severed fingers and parts of a jawbone later identified as Toronczak’s, confirming she had been murdered and dismembered.

Rogers was later charged in this and two other killings and was convicted on all counts; the jury found multiple murders as a special circumstance. Does anyone have memories of the neighborhood or contacts who might shed light on Toronczak’s last weeks in San Diego?